2025 Year-End Wrapped from The Ride Home Podcast

A year in tech news, curated daily by The Ride Home podcast

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๐Ÿ“… Episodes & Coverage

Metric Count
Daily Show Episodes 243 days
Friday Longreads Episodes 49 Fridays
Total Episodes 292 episodes
Year Coverage 66.6% of 2025

Category Links Average per Episode
Daily Show Links 1,518 6.2 links/episode
Weekend Longreads 106 2.2 links/episode
TOTAL 1,624 -

Rank Source Links
๐Ÿฅ‡ Bloomberg 267
๐Ÿฅˆ The Verge 189
๐Ÿฅ‰ TechCrunch 136
4 WSJ 118
5 FT 108
6 CNBC 86
7 NYTimes 63
8 The Information 53
9 Reuters 52
10 Wired 37

๐Ÿ“š Top 10 Sources - Weekend Longreads

Rank Source Articles
๐Ÿฅ‡ NYTimes 12
๐Ÿฅˆ The Verge 11
๐Ÿฅ‰ WSJ 9
4 FT 9
5 Bloomberg 9
6 Wired 8
7 The New Yorker 3
8 Quanta Magazine 3
9 Ars Technica 3
10 MIT Technology Review 2

๐ŸŽฏ Top Topics (AI Categorization)

Topics covered across 1,624 categorized links:

Rank Topic Links Percentage
๐Ÿฅ‡ AI/Machine Learning 588 36.2%
๐Ÿฅˆ Hardware/Chips 236 14.5%
๐Ÿฅ‰ Regulation/Policy 181 11.1%
4 Other Tech News 141 8.7%
5 Cloud/Enterprise 85 5.2%
6 Social Media 63 3.9%
7 Streaming/Entertainment 62 3.8%
8 Security/Privacy 60 3.7%
9 Gaming 55 3.4%
10 Crypto/Blockchain 53 3.3%

๐Ÿข Big Tech Company Mentions

The tech companies that dominated headlines in 2025:

Company Mentions Chart
๐Ÿ† OpenAI 391 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐ŸŽ Apple 294 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐Ÿ” Google 242 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐Ÿ‘ค Meta 212 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐ŸŽฎ Nvidia 142 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐Ÿ’ผ Microsoft 140 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐Ÿ“ฆ Amazon 95 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐Ÿค– Anthropic 81 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐ŸŽฌ Netflix 37 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ
๐Ÿš— Tesla 22 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ

๐Ÿ’ก Fun Facts

  • ๐Ÿ† Most Mentioned Company: OpenAI dominated with 391 mentions - AI clearly defined the tech narrative
  • ๐Ÿ“ฐ Top Daily News Source: Bloomberg with 267 links
  • ๐Ÿ“– Top Longreads Source: NYTimes (12 articles)
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Links Per Episode: An average of 6.2 daily links kept listeners informed
  • ๐Ÿ“… Consistency: 243 daily episodes means coverage on most weekdays throughout the year
  • ๐ŸŽฏ Quality Curation: 1,624 total links from premium sources

๐Ÿ“ˆ Key Takeaways

2025 was the year of AI dominance in tech news. OpenAIโ€™s overwhelming lead in mentions reflects the industryโ€™s obsession with artificial intelligence. The top companies all invested heavily in AI, making it the defining narrative of the year.

The Ride Home covered 66.6% of 2025, bringing tech news to thousands of listeners.


Generated 01/14/26 Data source: docs/all-links-2025.md and docs/longreads-2025.md